Above the Great Dao
Chapter 331 - 168 Mastery of Talismanic Magic

Chapter 331: Chapter 168 Mastery of Talismanic Magic

Other families originally planned to rush to assist the Gao Family, but before they could arrive, the entire Gao Family had already transformed into mushrooms, leaving no one to rescue.

Besides the Gao Family, there were the Twelve Families, along with the garrison eunuch Cen Xuefu—who was also a master. But even if all the Great Families joined forces, they were far from being a match for the golden Buddha.

General Xia and Deputy General Jiang led the border troops, planning to besiege the golden Buddha. The border troops were adept at fighting ordinary cultivators, but facing a Demon species like the golden Buddha, they hadn’t even approached when they all turned into mushrooms of various sizes, floating in the sky, merging with other mushrooms.

General Xia and Deputy General Jiang barely escaped with their lives, taking their families and fleeing from their residences, hiding everywhere.

Governor Fei, Inspector Zhang, and other high-ranking officials also led their families and house servants to flee in panic, avoiding the search of the golden Buddha.

Behind the head of this great Buddha, more and more mushrooms appeared in the large circle.

These mushrooms, growing with human bodies, were gigantic, especially those formed by the Primordial Spirit, enveloped in a divine aura, extremely sacred.

The mushrooms formed by the eyes and heads that fell from their bodies were often smaller.

Regardless of size, they all looked dignified, like Bodhisattvas, Arhats, Venerables, monks, and nuns of various sizes who had attained enlightenment.

The golden Buddha seemed to be Buddha himself.

This scene was just like the description of Nirvana in Buddhist scriptures, with Buddha presiding over Ling Mountain.

However, all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats had been replaced with peculiar mushrooms.

The golden Buddha, with its Nirvana, was still wandering around the city, searching for other survivors, capturing them immediately to transform them into mushrooms and converting them.

Compared to the desperate situation in the city, Li Tianqing seemed much more relaxed.

Black Pot drove, taking him and Chen Shi out of the city.

Outside the city was a forest made of Stone People, stretching as far as the eye could see, all petrified humans.

When the Demon Domain first erupted, Chen Shi had activated the Stone Rock Lady’s head, creating the Ghost God Domain, turning ordinary people into Stone People. Many of these Stone People had escaped from the city at that time, while others had lived outside the city.

Li Tianqing calculated the distance the car had traveled from the center of the Demon Domain to its edge, a distance of fifty miles. As he neared the edge, a blur zone over a mile wide appeared, the likely location of the Demon Realm Corridor.

If he escaped there and continued forward, he might be pulled into the Corridor and the next moment find himself on the dome of the Demon Domain, falling down.

And the dome of the Demon Domain was filled with clouds formed by spores that would contaminate on contact.

Many of the giant mushrooms wandering in the city were cultivators who had fled to the edge of the Demon Domain, only to be sent back to the city by the Demon Realm Corridor.

"Black Pot, we can’t go any further!"

Li Tianqing stopped Black Pot and said, "We are now forty-five miles from Daxing Zen Temple."

Black Pot hesitated for a moment, then walked another three miles before finally stopping.

They found a village by the Minjiang River. The village had no living people left, only some Stone People and stone chickens, ducks, and other farm animals.

Entering the village in a wooden cart, Li Tianqing cleaned out a family’s home, moved the Stone People out, and then invited Red Mountain Lady and Minjiang Old Lady.

Minjiang Old Lady looked around in surprise and said, "This is the childhood home of Cao Yunshen!"

She unavoidably grew nostalgic.

As a child, Cao Yunshen often ran to the Minjiang River outside the village, climbing up to an old willow tree on the bank to look down.

By the riverbank, people clanged gongs, set off firecrackers, lit incense, sprinkled wine, and danced for blessings, creating a lively scene.

With incense wafting through the air, a young Cao Yunshen saw the wide river surface and a huge black carp quietly observing the people on the shore.

She was so large, like an island hidden in the water.

But that child was no longer there.

While Black Pot cooked, Li Tianqing helped with the cooking, preparing braised fish for dinner. Chen Shi, as if sleepwalking, wandered alone outside the village, his mind absentmindedly focused on talismans and spells.

When experimenting with the simplest Fire Talisman and Water Talisman in Red Mountain Hall, he found that the transition from talisman to spell was not flawless, easily running out of control.

His spell merely transformed the flat talisman into a three-dimensional spell, but the transition from flat to three-dimensional involved too many variables and required more control, so running out of control was inevitable.

But during combat, losing control could be dangerous.

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He knew repeating practice mindlessly was useless; he most needed to train his mind.

He practiced the spell in his mind, repeatedly conceptualizing and perfecting the spell.

This was not just about learning; it was also about creating and applying!

After a long while, Chen Shi rolled up his trouser legs, took off his shoes, and walked to the riverside.

His feet touched the water, feeling the currents of the river.

Suddenly, he leapt, diving into the river. His foot landed on the river surface, causing a wave to rise, which perfectly supported his foot.

Chen Shi stepped on the wave, which lifted his form and allowed him to walk and run on the river surface.

He somersaulted nimbly, agile like a fish-dragon, with the water following his flips. But soon, he couldn’t control the flow and splashed into the water.

Chen Shi surfaced repeatedly, contemplated deeply for a while, and then dived back into the water.

Minjiang Old Lady, leaning on a walking stick taller than herself, stood at the riverbank, staring blankly at this scene.

Another youth by the river, like Cao Yunshen of yore.

"His talents are extremely high, but will he be tempted by the city’s power and wealth like Cao Yunshen?" she murmured softly.

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